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Pope Francis strongly condemns European mistreatment of migrants crossing from the Mediterranean Sea and refusal to offer aid as means to reject them from entering European nations as "a grave sin", and requests the expansion of migrant access routes to the continent.
2024-08-29

Pope Francis appoints John T. Dunlap as the new Lieutenant of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
2022-06-13

Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Tito Yllana as the new Apostolic Nuncio in Israel and Cyprus, and Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine.
2021-06-3

Pope Francis speaks words of solidarity to the Christian community of Sri Lanka, lamenting that the attacks have wrought grief and sorrow.
2019-04-21

At the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome, Italy, Pope Francis says that developmental needs have to be reconciled with the protection of the particular characteristics of indigenous peoples and their territories. This is taken by some as a reference to the Standing Rock Sioux and other groups opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
2017-02-15

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin issues a 37-day stay of Richard Glossip's execution that was scheduled for today to allow the American state time to address questions about chemicals and protocol. Pope Francis, who spent last week in the U.S., asked Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, to intercede with the governor and request she commute Glossip's sentence.
2015-09-30

Pope Francis returns to Rome after finishing his trip to Cuba and the United States.
2015-09-28

Cuba announces it will release more than 3,500 prisoners in a goodwill gesture ahead of next week's visit by Pope Francis.
2015-09-11

Pope Francis announces canon law reforms making it easier for people to obtain declarations of nullity (marriage annulments)
2015-09-8

Pope Francis begins a week-long official visit to Brazil, his first foreign trip since assuming the pontificate.
2013-07-22